Wong Kar Wai
Fa yeung nin wah
Dir. Wong Kar Wai
Hong Kong 2000, 99’
Subtitles: Polish
Hong Kong bathed in the golden light of the 1960s. Chow Mo-wan and Su li-zhen are neighbors living in two rented apartments side by side. The journalist with the perfect haircut and the elegant secretary in a perfectly fitted dress exchange casual pleasantries at the stairway. Until they find out their spouses are having an affair with each other. The silent understanding will sprout into a relationship which, at that place and time, should not have come to fruition.
Awards and Festivals
Cannes FF 2000 - Best Actor, Technical Grand Prize
César Awards, France 2001 - Best Foreign Film
European Film Awards 2000 - Screen International Award
Golden Horse FF 2000 - Best Leading Actress, Best Cinematography, Best Makeup & Costume Design
Hong Kong Film Awards 2001 - Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Film Editing, Best Art Direction, Best Costume & MakeUp Design
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA 2002 - Best Foreign Language Film, Best Cinematography
Screenings
Kino Kameralne Cafe on September 24 at 4 p.m.
Wong Kar Wai
Born in Shanghai, Wong Kar Wai moved at the age of five to Hong-Kong with his parents. He was recognized as one of the most promising filmmakers, in 1988, with his first feature film As Tears Go By. In 1990, Days of Being Wild, depicting the youth of that mythical Hong Kong of the 60s, won five top prizes at the Hong Kong Film Awards. He then directed Ashes of Time. In 1994, Chungking Express was the first of his films to break through into wide international distribution. One year later, Fallen Angels consolidated his position as one of the most innovative storytellers of our times. In 1997, Happy Together earned the Best Director Prize at Festival de Cannes and in 2000 Tony Leung walked away with the Best Actor Prize for In the Mood for Love, also in Cannes. His latest films are: The Lady from Shanghai and The Grandmaster with Tony Leung.
Selected filmography
1988 As Tears Go By / Wong Gok ka moon
1990 Days of Being Wild / Ah Fei jing juen
1994 Chungking Express / Chung hing sam lam
1995 Fallen Angels / Duo luo tian shi
1997 Happy Together / Chun gwong cha sit
2000 In the Mood for Love / Fa yeung nin wa
2004 2046
2013 The Grandmaster / Yi dai zong shi
Cast & Crew
Director: Wong Kar Wai
Screenplay: Wong Kar Wai
Cinematography: Christopher Doyle, Mark Lee Ping Bing
Editing: William Chang Suk Ping
Music: Michael Galasso
Costume Design: William Chang
Cast: Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Maggie Cheung Man Yuk, Siu Ping-Lam, Rebecca Pan, Tung Cho 'Joe' Cheung
Producer: Wong Kar Wai, Jacky Pang Yee Wah
Production: Jet Tone Films Ltd
Language: Cantonese, Shanghainese
Colouration: Colour
